mũcũrĩ
See also: Mucuri
Kikuyu
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mòɕòɾéꜜ/
- As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 3 with a disyllabic stem, together with kĩhaato, mbembe, kiugo, and so on.
- (Kiambu)
- (Limuru) As for Tonal Class, Yukawa (1981) classifies this term into a group including bũrũri (pl. mabũrũri), ikara, ikinya, itimũ, kanitha (pl. makanitha), kiugo, kĩhaato, maguta, mũgeka, mũkonyo, mũrata, mwana, mbembe, mbũri, nyaga, riitho, riũa, rũrĩmĩ (pl. nĩmĩ), ũhoro (pl. mohoro), and so on.[1]
Noun
mũcũrĩ class 3 (plural mĩcũrĩ)
- neck of a calabash cut in a half, used as a handle[2]
Holonyms
- kĩnya
Related terms
(Nouns)
- gĩcũrĩ class 7
References
- Yukawa, Yasutoshi (1981). "A Tentative Tonal Analysis of Kikuyu Nouns: A Study of Limuru Dialect." In Journal of Asian and African Studies, No. 22, 75–123.
- “mũcũrĩ” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 82. Oxford: Clarendon Press.